1963 was a year of change in America. Since the end of the Civil War nearly 100 years before, African Americans living in the Deep South had seen very little change. Beginning in 1954 with Brown v. Board of Topeka, African Americans slowly began to see rays of hope.
Click on the picture below to access the document that explains the Brown v. Board decision.
The answer to one part of the discussion will be found in it.
You will have to do your own web search to find answers about the attorney who argued the case for Brown. Be sure that you use valid and reliable sources to find your answer.
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Click on the picture below to access the PBS site that documents the intense year of 1963 in Birmingham.
Watch the video called Birmingham and the Children's March and answer the question in the discussion below.
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